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(No Model.)

J. WILSON. FURNACE FOR THE INGINERATION 0F GARBAGE. No. 474,933. PatentedMay 17, 1892.-

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JOHN \VILSON, OF NElV YORIQN. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO ROMAN DEBES, OF SAME PLACE. I

FURNACE FOR THE INCINERATIONOF G ARBAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,933, dated May 17, 1892.

' Application filed November 16, 1891. Serial No. 412,095- (No model) To all whom it may concern. teeth that take up the garbage in their rota- Be it known that I, JOHN WILSON, a citizen tion and force it onward into the fire below. of the United States, residing at New York,in The furnace is of any suitable character; the county and State of New York, have inbut I prefer to construct it with an arched Vented certain new and useful Improvements roof of fire-brick or the like and to wall it in in Furnaces for the Incineration of Garbage, with masonry. The entire space is divided of which the following is a specification, refby rotary grate bars G, of such character erence being had to the drawings accompanythat the residue after burning may be shaken ing and forming a part of the same. down through them into a car H, running beto This invention is a new and improved furlow the furnace. 6O nace for burning or incinerating the garbage In the forward part of the furnace I arcollected from cities and towns, or other like range a supplemental grate I and provide a refuse matter, with a view to the safe and door J for acoal fire, whilein the rear portion more economical disposition of the same. of the same I provide a'series of jets or n0z- I 5 The improvements which characterize my zles K for supplying a hydrocarbon for an oil invention are in the features of construction fire. of the furnace and its accessories and are L L are the passages for smoke and gas illustrated in the accompanying drawings. leading from the furnace into the flue D. Figure 1 is avertical central section of the Dampers M are placed in these passages to 20 furnace. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the regulate the draft, and air-holes N, with dampsame, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of a comers, are provided for the flue D and near the bined chute and flue. bottom of the same.

The garbage and refuse matter to be burned A series of sight-holes O are provided in or disposed of is brought in suitable cars to a the sides of the furnace and in the lower part 25 sorting-table A, upon which it is dumped. of the chute B, which are preferably closed Here it is sortedrags, paper, metal,-and glass by sheets of mica. OpeningsR are also made being, as far as practicable, recovered from it in the sides of the furnace for permitting acand laid to one side for whatever use such cess to the interior for inspection or repairs. materials may be adapted. The remainder of These are closed with refractory material in 0 the garbage is then scraped off the table into the ordinary way. a chute B. I prefer to hinge the table A or The garbage, while in the chute B and while arrange it in any way conveniently for dumppassing to the fire, will be heated by the heated ing the material thereon into the chute B. gases passing up through the flue D to the The chute B is contained in and formed by a stack or chimney. In this way it will be par- 35 circular iron tube or cylinderdivided longitially dried out before reaching the fire and tudinally by a partition 0 into two compartits combustion much facilitated. ments. The partition 0 is concaved on the The residu'eaftercombustion can be ground side of the chute, and the space D under it or mixed with manures, bones, lime, or other forms the passage for the smoke and products material and utilized as a fertilizer. 40 of combustion to the chimney. In the chute By the apparatus above described the dis- 0 B is arranged a valve formed by hinged flaps posal of garbage may be effected rapidly and E, that permit the free passage of materials economically and products of value as fertidown through the chute, but which closes or lizers obtained inacondition easy of manipumay be closed to prevent smoke or gases from lation. y 45 passing upward from the furnace. The gar- What I claim isbage, after passingthrough the valve E, is pro- 1. In a furnace for burning garbage, the pelled by a feed or choke drum F, located combination, with the fire-chamber, of an ex- Within the chute B, into the furnace proper. terior cylinder or tube leading from the fire- This drum is of any suitable construction chamber andset in an inclined position, a 50 such as a metal cylinder with projections or metallic partition dividing the tube into two longitudinal compartments or passages, the upper passage being provided with a hopper for the delivery of garbage to the furnace, the lower compartment being adapted to serve as a flue for carrying oif the products of combustion, as set forth.

2. In a furnace for burning garbage, the

for the delivery of garbage into the rear of the chamber, a grate for a coal fire in the forward part of the fire-chamber, and a series of jets or nozzles for oil-blasts arranged at opposite sides of said chamber and at the rear thereof, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the fire-chamber of a garbage-furnace, of a metallic tube divided longitudinally by a partition 0, concave on its upper side and forminga chute for the delivery of garbage into the fire-chamber, and a flue below the chute, passages from the firechamber into said flue, and dampers for regulating the same, as set forth.

JOHN -WILSON. \Vitnesses:

RoBT. F. GAYLoRD, MARCELLA G. TRACY. 

